Ages 8 & Up: Containing many pieces of all shapes and sizes and made from a variety of different sturdy materials, some of which include sharp edges or points, including glass beads, ceramics or metals. Activity may require weaving, beadwork, knotting or special glue.

Fun, be careful
You need to have glue, one stick was broken, but able to fix. Ended up a very cute project. Would not give this to under 8 to work on alone.
October 4, 2012

great looking product
I haven't put these together yet, since I bought them after Halloween, and plan on saving them for the next. I did however open one up to check it out, and was pleased w/the quality, and the fact that everything is self-adhered! I hate it when the kids have to wait for the glue to dry, takes away from some of the enjoyment. So very much looking forward w/doing this project next Halloween w/all the kiddos! OH! And the spiders couldn't look any cuter!
January 25, 2011

Perfect!
These were better then expected! They were perfect as they came with "glue dots" already on the spiders. The kids could just stick them together with no glue! Great value for the price.
October 22, 2010

Tons of prep wk
I bought this craft for my daughter's second grade class. 30 kids! I spent 2 hours hot gluing sticks together because the self-adhesive backs didn't stick. Regular glue did not work on the spider puffballs. So I had to hot glue the spiders which took another 2 hours. These come in sets of 12. I bought 48. I only had enough stuff to make 31 total due to broken sticks and missing pieces.
November 16, 2014

Its harder than it looks.
This project is very hard. My 3rd grade class needed a parent per child to do this. Would not recommend this to a class maybe one on one projects.... not as a group. But this was a cute idea after we spend forever doing it.
November 7, 2014

Cute idea - just took too much time - little harder than expected
Bought for a 4th grade Halloween party. Tried at home night before to have a made example. Lot harder than expected. Did not bother taking them to the party. Donated to my church carnival instead.
November 4, 2014

Fun craft for 3rd Graders
The craft is very cute. I wish all of the pieces had self adhesive tape so that no glue had to be used. For classroom parties, I like to minimize that amount of mess made, so all pieces with a piece of the tape would have made it the best.
October 28, 2014

Too hard for little ones
I got these for my son's third grade class, but didn't even bother taking them in because the one I put together as a sample wouldn't stay together. The sticks and eyes are self-stick, but you have to glue the legs on the spider body, which was super messy. I ended up having to break out the hot glue gun, but I can't have 3rd graders passing that around! If the fuzz balls had styrofoam in them so you could just stick the pipe cleaner legs in, that would make it perfect.
November 4, 2013

was okay
Did project with 4th graders. Major complaints are that sticks would not stay together and some of the sticks were broken. In addition, the items were individually packaged but the number of things like eyes and legs were different in each package. Kids were willing to share so it worked out but should have had enough in each package to make two spiders.
November 1, 2013

Glueing nightmare
Lots of potential, but overall disappointing. The pipe cleaners are just scraps of pipecleaner, I don't see how you can really glue them to the pom so that they will stay. Two of the "webs" out of 12 had defective sticks. I have bought several things in the past and loved them, this was a big flop and if I had it to do over I would not buy them.
October 29, 2013